19 best-selling fiction books like A Place at the Table by Saadia Faruqi

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A Place at the Table

By: Saadia Faruqi

4.22

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Sixth-graders Sara, a Pakistani American, and Elizabeth, a white, Jewish girl meet when they take a…

If you liked the fiction plot in A Place at the Table by Saadia Faruqi , here is a list of 19 books like this:

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1. The Key to Extraordinary

By: Natalie Lloyd

4.17

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

Everyone in Emma's family is special. Her ancestors include Revolutionary War spies, brilliant scie… read more

Similar categories in Natalie Lloyd's The Key to Extraordinary book and Saadia Faruqi's A Place at the Table

  • family
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The League of Seven (The League of Seven, #1) by Brett Helquist, Alan Gratz

2. The League of Seven (The League of Seven, #1)

By: Brett Helquist , Alan Gratz

3.50

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

The launch of a middle grade fantasy trilogy set in an alternate 1870s America, where electricity i… read more

Similar categories in Brett Helquist's The League of Seven (The League of Seven, #1) book and Saadia Faruqi's A Place at the Table

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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3. The Great Treehouse War

By: Lisa Graff , Ariana Delawari

3.80

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Kids vs. parents! An epic treehouse sleepover! An awesome group of friends! An exciting new book fr… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Graff's The Great Treehouse War book and Saadia Faruqi's A Place at the Table

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction

4. A Nest for Celeste: A Story About Art, Inspiration, and the Meaning of Home

By: Henry Cole

3.59

Format: 83 pages, Hardcover

Celeste is not your average mouse. She lives alone, quietly weaving baskets with creative flair und… read more

Similar categories in Henry Cole's A Nest for Celeste: A Story About Art, Inspiration, and the Meaning of Home book and Saadia Faruqi's A Place at the Table

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5. The Shape of Thunder

By: Jasmine Warga

4.17

Format: 275 pages, Hardcover

Cora hasn’t spoken to her best friend, Quinn, in a year. Despite living next door to each other,… read more

Similar categories in Jasmine Warga's The Shape of Thunder book and Saadia Faruqi's A Place at the Table

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
"I just want to be okay. I don't want to feel okay. I want to be okay."

-Jasmine Warga, The Shape of Thunder

"The more things you know, the less likely you are to be taken by surprise."

-Jasmine Warga, The Shape of Thunder

"Whenever I get a bad grade, I always try to explain to Mom that I did read the book. And just because I can't remember what color shirt the character was wearing in page six doesn't mean that I didn'…"

-Jasmine Warga, The Shape of Thunder

Cover of A Place at the Table by Saadia Faruqi

6. A Place at the Table

By: Saadia Faruqi

4.22

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Sixth-graders Sara, a Pakistani American, and Elizabeth, a white, Jewish girl meet when they take a… read more

Similar categories in Saadia Faruqi's A Place at the Table book and Saadia Faruqi's A Place at the Table

  • childrens
  • jewish
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • food
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
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7. Clean Getaway

By: Nic Stone

3.98

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Nic Stone comes a middle grade road-trip story through Ameri… read more

Similar categories in Nic Stone's Clean Getaway book and Saadia Faruqi's A Place at the Table

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
Cover of Key Player (Front Desk, #4) by Kelly Yang

8. Key Player (Front Desk, #4)

By: Kelly Yang

4.42

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Mia Tang is going for the goal in the fourth Front Desk novel by New York Times bestselling author … read more

Similar categories in Kelly Yang's Key Player (Front Desk, #4) book and Saadia Faruqi's A Place at the Table

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Lasagna Means I Love You by Kate  O'Shaughnessy

9. Lasagna Means I Love You

By: Kate O'Shaughnessy

4.40

Format: 368 pages, Library Binding

What are the essential ingredients that make a family? Eleven-year-old Mo is making up her own reci… read more

Similar categories in Kate O'Shaughnessy's Lasagna Means I Love You book and Saadia Faruqi's A Place at the Table

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • food
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
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10. Dust

By: Dusti Bowling

4.23

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A girl who struggles to breathe befriends a boy who seems shrouded in dust. After Avalyn nearly die… read more

Similar categories in Dusti Bowling's Dust book and Saadia Faruqi's A Place at the Table

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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11. Omar Rising

By: Aisha Saeed

4.22

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

Omar knows his scholarship to Ghalib Academy Boarding School is a game changer, providing him - the… read more

Similar categories in Aisha Saeed's Omar Rising book and Saadia Faruqi's A Place at the Table

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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12. What Happened to Rachel Riley?

By: Claire Swinarski

4.23

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An eighth grader uses social media posts, passed notes, and other clues to find out why a formerly … read more

Similar categories in Claire Swinarski's What Happened to Rachel Riley? book and Saadia Faruqi's A Place at the Table

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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13. Tune It Out

By: Jamie Sumner

4.31

Format: 275 pages, Hardcover

A 2020 BookExpo Book Buzz Pick From the author of the acclaimed Roll with It comes a moving nove… read more

Similar categories in Jamie Sumner's Tune It Out book and Saadia Faruqi's A Place at the Table

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
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14. Not If I Can Help It (Scholastic Gold)

By: Carolyn Mackler

4.09

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Willa likes certain things to be certain ways. Her socks have to be soft . . . and definitely can't… read more

Similar categories in Carolyn Mackler's Not If I Can Help It (Scholastic Gold) book and Saadia Faruqi's A Place at the Table

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
Cover of We Still Belong by Christine  Day

15. We Still Belong

By: Christine Day

4.16

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A thoughtful and heartfelt middle grade novel by American Indian Youth Literature Honor–winning aut… read more

Similar categories in Christine Day's We Still Belong book and Saadia Faruqi's A Place at the Table

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
Cover of The Last Last-Day-of-Summer by Lamar Giles

16. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer

By: Lamar Giles

3.80

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

When two adventurous cousins accidentally extend the last day of summer by freezing time, they find… read more

Similar categories in Lamar Giles's The Last Last-Day-of-Summer book and Saadia Faruqi's A Place at the Table

  • family
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Barakah Beats by Maleeha Siddiqui

17. Barakah Beats

By: Maleeha Siddiqui

4.17

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

For fans of The First Rule of Punk and Save Me a Seat, Barakah Beats is a sweet, powerful, and joyo… read more

Similar categories in Maleeha Siddiqui's Barakah Beats book and Saadia Faruqi's A Place at the Table

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
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18. Smack Dab in the Middle of Maybe

By: Jo Watson Hackl

3.98

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

A Mississippi ghost town and an art mystery combine! How far would you go to find something that… read more

Similar categories in Jo Watson Hackl's Smack Dab in the Middle of Maybe book and Saadia Faruqi's A Place at the Table

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Sometimes it's time to start taking chances on yourself"

-Jo Watson Hackl, Smack Dab in the Middle of Maybe

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19. Stand Up, Yumi Chung!

By: Jessica Kim

4.10

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

One lie snowballs into a full-blown double life in this irresistible story about an aspiring stand-… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Kim's Stand Up, Yumi Chung! book and Saadia Faruqi's A Place at the Table

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
Cover of More to the Story by Hena Khan

20. More to the Story

By: Hena Khan

4.21

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the critically acclaimed author of Amina’s Voice comes a new story inspired by Louisa May Alco… read more

Similar categories in Hena Khan's More to the Story book and Saadia Faruqi's A Place at the Table

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
Cover of Any Way You Look by Maleeha Siddiqui

21. Any Way You Look

By: Maleeha Siddiqui

4.09

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

When boys from her community start harassing her, Ainy needs to figure out how to get them to stop-… read more

Similar categories in Maleeha Siddiqui's Any Way You Look book and Saadia Faruqi's A Place at the Table

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • contemporary
  • audiobook

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Jasmine Warga

4.17

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Saadia Faruqi

4.22

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Clean Getaway

Nic Stone

3.98

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Lasagna Means I Love You

Kate O'Shaughnessy

4.40

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Something Like Home

Andrea Beatriz Arango

4.31

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Jarrett Lerner

4.40

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Jacqueline Woodson

4.27

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Meg Eden Kuyatt

4.52

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